Word: backgrounders
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...spawned by the conflict added an organized, criminal element to the strait. But in 2005, the two parties finally signed a peace accord and normalcy returned to Aceh, opening up less-risky job options on land. "The impetus for piracy began to change," says Alex Duperouzel, managing director of Background Asia Risk Solutions, which provides security for vessels. "You have to solve the problem on land, or you don't solve the problem." (Read how Somalia's fishermen became pirates...
...extensive background in engineering, physics, and mathematics led the store owner to work initially with technology. He was on the design team for Digital Equipment Corporation, where he worked with everything from application software and CPU to hardware. But his stint in the world of technology didn’t prove entirely satisfying for Chen, who yearned to connect with people...
...composed by Jody Diamond, featured the distinctly Indonesian sound of the gamelan. The piece began with the eerie resonance of the gamelan instruments vacillating between two notes. The Indonesian-inspired dance was divided into an opening and four subsequent parts strikingly offset by the change in colors of the background. The combination of the skillfully composed gamelan music and visually appealing dancing influenced by South Asian traditions coalesced beautifully together. Some of the dancing, however, seemed to lack the effortless flow and clear-cut motion that is required of such a piece. The much-anticipated United States premiere...
...with People who Aren’t: The Moral Responsibility of the Author,” McCall-Smith used examples from his work and life to illustrate the thorny relationship between an author and his readers. “[McCall-Smith] is a great writer who also has a background in law and medical ethics, and we wanted him to bring those disparate strands together in a philosophical reflection on his work,” Applbaum, the acting Director of the Kennedy School’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, said when asked why he had invited...
...children of high-profile celebrities... Becky Miller faces even more challenges in the form of self-absorbed parents, her weight, and her painfully high intelligence, which culminate in a nearly brutal day-to-day existence.”The plot draws noteworthy parallels to Kaplan’s own background. Kaplan has been a resident of L.A. all her life and graduated from the elite, all-girls Marlborough School, located in Hancock Park. “Certainly the experiences and situations and the settings and the places involved are things I have to understand, to know about, otherwise I wouldn?...